Weekly interviews with the editors and writers of America magazine, the national Catholic weekly. Hosted by Online Editor Tim Reidy. For a full archive of podcasts, visit americamagazine.org/podcast.

Jaime Lara of Yale Divinity School considers trends in church architecture from early church history, when no seating was provided for the congregation, to the innovations introduced after Vatican II. Professor Lara also offers a critique of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, and an appreciation of the new Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, Calif.